About the Class
The local class was all about force transmission: joints, ball bearings, gears, belts, chains and cams. Without realizing, we already employed a lot of these techniques when building the 'Almost useless machines' back in November 2021. Watch the video to find out more about it:
Further Links
Mechanical Design
vendors
McMaster-Carr
Stock Drive Products
Amazon Industrial
Misumi
principles
stress-strain
stiffness, strength, hardness
Maxwell criterion
moduli
elastic, plastic flow
friction
spalling
hysteresis
backlash
force loops
elastic averaging
kinematic coupling
materials
plastic
metal
rubber
foam
garolite
wood
cement
ceramic
adhesives
fasteners
nuts
bolts
washers
heat-set inserts
rivets
pins
framing
metal
plastic
t-slot
self-aligning
drive
gears
involute
cycloidal
helical
herringbone
planetary
rack and pinion
sprockets
belts
chains
shafts
rods
nuts
threadless
harmonic
guide
shafts
rails
slides
couplers
shafts
joints
bearings
ball
thrust
linear
rotary
sleeve
pillow blocks
skateboard
rotary
wheels
pulleys
casters
omni
OmniBot
lubricants
cables
ties
hook and loop
carriers
wire
fiber
liquids
pipe
tubing
fittings
pumps
conveyors
springs
mechanisms
flexure, stage
series elastic
linkage
movements
whippletree
pantograph
deltabot
hexapod
CoreXY
Sarrus
SkyCam
Hoberman
Strandbeest
group assignment
- design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation+application
- build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
- document the group project and your individual contribution
Machine Design
machines, modules, objects, video
mechanisms
structural loops, error budgets, specifications
sensors, actuators
end effectors
power electronics
real-time networks
paths
static, dynamic
motion control
open-loop, closed-loop
control theory
bang-bang, PID, acceleration, model predictive, online optimization
timing
broadcast, time-stamp, handshake, back-pressure
machine control
virtual, dataflow, video
file formats, interpreters
user interface
path planning
design representation
OpenBuilds, RobotShop, ODrive
Stepper Online, Just Motion Control, Wantai, Oriental Motors, custom
Pololu, Synthetos, Replicape, RAMPS, Marlin, Duet3D, cncjs, FabMo
Satshakit, fab-step, fabstep-i2c
MTM, Clank, Jubilee, Fellesverkstedet, Fab-Machines, Urumbu
Shaper, Handibot, FabLight, Bantam Tools, Ultimaker, Formlabs
Joseph, Simone
group assignment
- actuate and automate your machine
- document the group project and your individual contribution